Texas Regional Independent Inventors Conference | Agenda
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Friday, September 14, 2012
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8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration & Coffee |
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8:30 – 8:45 |
Conference Overview
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Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach and Recognition, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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8:45 – 9:30 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Bruce Kisliuk, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Administration, USPTO
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9:30 – 10:00 |
Best Practices on Licensing and/or Creating Startups |
Dan Sharp, Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) and Intellectual Property and Licensing Counsel for the University of Texas Austin Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs
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10:00 – 10:45 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
Steve Nichols, Professor
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10:45 – 11:15 |
Innovation Brings Opportunity |
Karen Blackwell, Manager, Supplier Diversity and Development, Nestlé® Business Services– North America
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 - 12:45 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Patents—Utility & Designs America Invents Act: (AIA) How It Will Impact You Trademark Applications |
Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach and Recognition and Darnell Jayne, Supervisory Patent Examiner, USPTO Catherine Cain, Staff Attorney, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO
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12:45 – 2:00 |
Networking Lunch |
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2:00 - 3:30
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State and Federal Resources for Inventors and Innovators Panel
Susan Ardis Head Librarian of the McKinney Engineering Library Patent and Trademark Resource Center
Karen C. Parker Director and International Trade Specialist Austin U.S. Export Assistance Center, U.S. Commercial Service–Austin U.S. Department of Commerce
Ron Lehman State Director Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
Sonia Gaillard Small Business Development Office of the Governor
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3:30 - 4:45
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Are You the Target? A Revisit to the American Inventors Protection Act
Claim Drafting for Beginners
Trademark Searching
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John Calvert, Acting Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, USPTO
Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach and Recognition, USPTO and John Love, Patent Attorney
Catherine Cain, Staff Attorney, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO |
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4:45 – 5:30 |
One-on-One with the Experts |
Sign up in advance at the registration table |
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5:30 - 7:00 |
Networking Reception |
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
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8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration & Coffee |
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8:00 - 8:45 |
One-on-One with the Experts |
Sign up in advance at the registration table
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8:45 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
11:00 – 11:15
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Welcome Back
Building your Brand, from Concept to Market
Feedback
Break
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Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach and Recognition, USPTO
Barbara Pitts and Mary Sarao, Inventors of Ghostline®
The USPTO wants your input |
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11:15 - 12:30 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Advanced Claim Drafting
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John Calvert, Acting Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, USPTO and William Hulsey, Patent Attorney
Darnell Jayne, Supervisory Patent Examiner, USPTO
Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach and Recognition, USPTO
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12:30 - 1:45 |
Lunch and Keynote Speaker Robert Metcalfe National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
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1:45 - 3:00 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
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America Invents Act: (AIA)
How It Will Impact You
35 USC 103—What Is Obvious?
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John Calvert, Acting Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development , USPTO
Darnell Jayne, Supervisory Patent Examiner, USPTO
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3:00 – 3:15
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Break |
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3:15 – 4:30 |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Patent Searching
35 USC 103—What Is Obvious?
Advanced Claim Drafting |
John Calvert, Acting Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, USPTO
Darnell Jayne, Supervisory Patent Examiner, USPTO
Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach and Recognition, USPTO
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